Not just any groove mind you. I'm talkin' Groove's groove! Richard "Groove" Holmes that is. Most people agree, his peers and fans of the organ alike, that Jimmy Smith is the king of the Hammond® B-3 organ. However, while Smith didn't shy away from the Funk, Groove *was* the Funk (IMNSHO!). He could play lead with his right hand on the upper manual, comp with his left hand on the lower manual, and maintain a monster bass line with his two feet on the pedals, all at the same time, like no one else!
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Milt Buckner
"Wild" Bill Davis
Earl "Fatha" Hines
Fats Waller
Jimmy Smith
Richard "Groove" Holmes
"Brother" Jack McDuff
Jimmy McGriff
"Big" John Patton
Larry Young
Charles Earland
Don Patterson
Trudy Pitts
Freddie Roach
Mel Rhyne
Rhoda Scott
Shirley Scott
"Dr." Lonnie Smith
Winston Walls
"Baby Face" Willette
Will Boulware
Joey DeFrancesco
Barbara Dennerlein
Larry Goldings
Todd Hildreth
Eddy Louiss
John Medeski
Amina Claudine Myers
Dorian Mode
Jeff Palmer
Stéfan Patry
Don Pullen
Richard Tee (Stuff)
Dan Wall
Palle "Groove" Wangberg (The Real Thing)
Dave Witham
Allen Batts
Dick Heintze
Bill Holloman
Robert Hooker
Dr. John
Deacon Jones
Bruce Katz
Larry Knechtel
Ron Levy
Malcolm Lukens
Gene Ludwig
Lucky Peterson
Otis Spann
David Torkanowsky
Johnny "Big Moose" Walker
Reese Wynans
Tony Zamagni
Clifford Coulter
Ronnie Foster
Herbie Hancock
Charles Kynard
Johnny "Hammond" Smith
Leon Spencer Jr.
Bill Mason
Sonny Phillips
Reuben Wilson
Bobby Byrd (James Brown)
Isaac Hayes
Weldon Irvine
Booker T. Jones (Otis Redding, Albert King, Booker T. & the MG's)
Lonnie Jordan (War)
Hank Marr
Art Neville (The Meters, The Neville Brothers)
Maceo Parker
Billy Preston
Sly & the Family Stone
Soul Machine
Chester Thompson (Tower of Power, Santana)
Bobby Watley (Funk Inc.)
Bernie Worrell (Funkadelic, etc.)
Joey Altruda Quartet
Corduroy
Exodus Quartet
DJ Krush
Mother Earth
Scott Saunders (Directions in Groove)
James Taylor (JTQ)
Chizuko Yoshihiro
Allman Brothers Band [Gregg Allman]
Brian Auger (Trinity)
The Band [Garth Hudson]
Boston [Tom Scholz]
Deep Purple [Jon Lord]
Electric Flag [Barry Goldberg]
Keith Emerson (The Nice, Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
Grateful Dead [Brent Mydland, Merl Saunders]
Al Kooper (Blues Project)
Patrick Moraz (Moody Blues)
Niacin [John Novello]
Phish [Page McConnell]
Pink Floyd [Rick Wright]
The (Young) Rascals [Felix Cavaliere]
Santana [Gregg Rolie]
Steppenwolf [Goldy McJohn]
Vanilla Fudge [Mark Stein]
Steve Winwood (Spencer Davis Group, Traffic)
Jackie Mitoo
Ansel Collins